Wanted - a Chaperon
by Ford, Paul Leicester (Illustrations by Howard C. Christy.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Copp Clark 1902, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 109pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Green cloth decoratively stamped in black, white and gilt. Top edge gilt, color plates and decorative page borders. Edges rubbed, a previous owner's inscription, and the front inner hinge is cracked. Illustrations by Howard C. Christy. (Fiction, Christmas Books).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010818
- Title
- Wanted - a Chaperon
- Author
- Ford, Paul Leicester (Illustrations by Howard C. Christy.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Copp Clark
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Keywords
- Fiction, Christmas Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2003
Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...